hyoidal

There ` s not a broken bone, there ` s not a bullet nick, there ` s not a knife nick, there ` s not damage to the hyoidal (ph) bone below the neck.

CNN Transcript Dec 23, 2008 2008

The crocodile, owing to the structure of its larynx, of the hyoidal bone, and of the folds of its tongue, can seize, though not swallow, its prey under water; thus when a man disappears, the animal is usually perceived some hours after devouring its prey on a neighbouring beach.

Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America 1851

Our guides assured us gravely, that, to cure an asthma, it is sufficient to drink out of the bony drum of the hyoidal bone of the araguato.

Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America 1851

-- Small smooth bits of the dried hyoidal bone of a fowl moistened with saliva were placed on two leaves, and a similarly moistened splinter of an extremely hard, broiled mutton-chop bone on a third leaf.

Insectivorous Plants Charles Darwin 1845

The corpuscles with their processes were very distinct in most parts; but in some parts, especially near the periphery of the hyoidal bone, none could be seen.

Insectivorous Plants Charles Darwin 1845

A hard, brittle, yellowish substance occupied the position of the medulla in the fragments of the hyoidal bone.

Insectivorous Plants Charles Darwin 1845

The crocodile, owing to the structure of its larynx, of the hyoidal bone, and of the folds of its tongue, can seize, though not swallow, its prey under water; thus when a man disappears, the animal is usually perceived some hours after devouring its prey on a neighbouring beach.

Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 3 Alexander von Humboldt 1814

Our guides assured us gravely, that, to cure an asthma, it is sufficient to drink out of the bony drum of the hyoidal bone of the araguato.

Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 Alexander von Humboldt 1814